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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – England’s Barbadian all-rounder Chris Jordan has been called up by reigning two-time champions Trinbago Knight Riders for the rest of the Caribbean Premier League season.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India should pull out of the Commonwealth Games permanently because a lack of strong competition makes participation a waste of time and money, the country’s Olympic chief Narinder Batra says.

(St Lucia Zouks 165/6 (Fletcher 36, Sammy 30, Barnwell 27*, Ingram 21, Hafeez 3/22, Joseph 2/20) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 145/9 (Hafeez 29, Evans 28, Viljoen 3/14, Williams 3/48, Fawad Ahmed 2/19) by 20 runs ) (CPL) St Lucia Zouks jumped from last place in the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table to a playoff spot with a fine 20-run victory over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots at the Daren Sammy Stadium last night.

(Jamaica Tallawahs 127 (Phillips 41, Lewis 27, Lamichhane 2/17, Holder 2/21, Reifer 2/31) beat Barbados Tridents 122/9 (Charles 31, Reifer 26, Imran Khan 3/19, Springer 3/32, Smith 2/22) by five runs )  (CPL) Jamaica Tallawahs picked up just their second win of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after successfully defending 127 all out to stun Barbados Tridents by five runs in a thriller at the Kensington Oval.

Having already qualified for the playoffs of the HERO Caribbean Premier League, Guyana Amazon Warriors will look to extend their lead at the top of the table when they battle St.

The cycling season continues Saturday with the 15th annual Laparkan Holdings Limited 11-race cycling programme.

Loris Nathoo and Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan have separated themselves from the pack after three rounds of the Guyana Chess Federation’s GAICO Grand Prix chess tournament last weekend.

Guyana’s badminton queen, Priyanna Ramdhani, has secured a badminton scholarship at the Olds College Alberta, Canada.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast-bowling all-rounder Shamar Springer sees the current Caribbean Premier League and the upcoming Cricket West Indies Super50 Cup as the ideal platforms to launch his bid for international selection.

Port Mourant Secondary defeated Central Corentyne Secondary by nine wickets and then drew a bye to the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC)/ Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Ltd (GBTI) Region Six Inter-Secondary Schools Under-19 competition. 

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks confirmed  yesterday that forward Kevin Durant is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season as he recovers from a torn right Achilles sustained in June.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Organisers of the Cricket World Cup, the women’s football World Cup and the Copa America may disagree but the world athletics championships, which start in Doha on Friday, are the biggest sporting event of the year according to Sebastian Coe, head of the sport’s global body.

(Reuters) – Britain’s 55-year-old Nigel Benn is set to announce his comeback to boxing 23 years after his last professional fight, his promoter was quoted as saying yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Somerset retained their slim chances of winning the English County Championship for the first time as a last-wicket stand of 59 between Roelof van der Merwe and Jack Leach frustrated Essex at Taunton yesterday.

Milan, Italy, (Reuters) – Argentine Lionel Messi beat Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best FIFA player of the year award for a record sixth time yesterday.

Tamarind Root, Albion, Young Warriors, Tucber Park, Cotton Tree, Whim and Rose Hall Community Center Cricket Club all registered wins when the Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society limited-overs, second-division competition commenced Sunday at various grounds in the county.

Mahdia, Sunday, defeated Region One by 10 wickets for championship honours in the 2019 Heritage Games tapeball tournament held at the Everest Cricket Club ground. 

Exciting lightweight prospect, Joel Williamson will be aiming to shine under the bright lights when he matches gloves with Albouystown brawler, Keeve Allicock on the ‘Not In My House’ card at D’Urban Park on Saturday night.

A host of sponsors have thrown their support behind Flying Ace Cycling Club’s Balram Narine as he looks to make his Tour of Tobago dream a reality.

Following his Courts 10k win on September 15, Winston Missigher took his talents to Trinidad and earned a podium spot in the 20th annual Venture Credit Union 5K Run on Sunday.